膽

See also: 胆

Translingual

Han character

膽 (radical 130 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月弓金口 (BNCR), four-corner 7726₁, composition ⿰月詹)

References

• KangXi: page 995, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29933
• Dae Jaweon: page 1446, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2117, character 7
• Unihan data for U+81BD

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Chinese

trad.		膽
simp.		胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎn (dan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tám
• Min Nan (POJ): tám / táⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daan
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam²
    • Yale: dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tám
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam³
    • IPA: /tam³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tám / táⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tám / tánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darm, dvar
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam⁵³/, /tã⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam⁵³/, /tã⁵³/
    • Note: tám - literary; táⁿ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /tɑm^X/▼

Rime
Character	膽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都敢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tamX/
Li Rong	/tɑmX/
Wang Li	/tɑmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[t]ˤamʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːmʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ tamX ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ˤamʔ/
English	gall
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膽
Reading #	1/1
No.	16751
Phonetic component	詹
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	膽
Old Chinese	/*taːmʔ/

Definitions

膽

1. gallbladder

   膽囊 / 胆囊  ―  dǎnnáng  ―  gall bladder

2. guts, courage, bravery, strength

   大膽 / 大胆  ―  dàdǎn  ―  bold

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Japanese

Kanji

膽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 胆)

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Readings

• Goon: たん (tan)
• Kan’on: たん (tan)
• Kun: きも (kimo)

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Korean

Hanja

膽 • ‎(dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune-Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膽 (đảm)

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